Temperature variability since A.D. 1837 inferred from tree-ring maximum density of Abies fabri on Gongga Mountain, China

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 55, Issue 26, 2010, Pages 3015-3022

  Duan, Jian Ping ^a,b   Wang, Lily ^a   Li, Lun ^c   Chen, Ke Long ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^d QINGHAI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Abies fabri; Gongga Mountain; temperature reconstruction; tree ring density

Indexed keywords

ABIES; ABIES FABRI;

EID: 77957156173     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-010-3182-8     Document Type: Article

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